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RELIGIONS ARE NOT FOR
SEPARATING MEN FROM
ONE ANOTHER; THEY ARE
MEANT TO BIND THEM.
—Gandhi
Hindu priests breathe
prayers into rising smoke on
a festival day in Barharwa
Lakhansen, Bihar state.
Raised in the Hindu faith,
Gandhi incorporated pas-
sages from the Koran and
the Bible into his prayers.
His vision of a secular and
democratic India is instilled
in today’s constitution.